Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 176
... troops butchered their prisoners . Many officers in the North- ern army helped to circulate this falsehood for the reason that a considerable proportion of the soldiers in the Northern ar- mies were foreigners - mainly German and Irish ...
... troops butchered their prisoners . Many officers in the North- ern army helped to circulate this falsehood for the reason that a considerable proportion of the soldiers in the Northern ar- mies were foreigners - mainly German and Irish ...
Page 279
... troops were used first , in an experimental way , at the siege of Vicksburg . Before the end of the war there were about one hundred thousand negroes in the Union army . Most of the officers of high rank were not favorably impressed by ...
... troops were used first , in an experimental way , at the siege of Vicksburg . Before the end of the war there were about one hundred thousand negroes in the Union army . Most of the officers of high rank were not favorably impressed by ...
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... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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